2 responses to “gender comparison: women vs men: upper body strength”

  1. Steve Kudlak

    References another blog is hardly referring to a study. So what gives here. Another thing please fix the spam protection so it will accept a number spelled out or typed as a numeral.

    The distributions I have seen and can probably dig up have a moderately greater degree of overlap. These have been done by a whole group of physical factors study groups. Even more curiously women from Scandanavian countries have an even greater degree of overlap with men especially in upper body strength. Also as subpopulation women who engage in serious physical training can most often past the standard physical fitness tests and not the watered down versions.

    Even more curious is the fact that the best predictor of physical strength both upper and lower body, So oddly height standard might be oddly fair which is what we are after.

    I have seen a number of women who were seriously into physical training who could and did pass the physical strength and agility tests for fire departments which were not seriously watered down. So that would seem to be a way to go and it would be eminently fair and might actually read to a meritocratic system.

    Have Fun,
    Sends Steve

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